Church of the Resurrection (Mehala)

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Assumption Church in Mehala
Romanian Orthodox Church of the Assumption on Piața Avram Iancu, 1964

Romanian Orthodox Church of the Assumption on Piața Avram Iancu , 1964
Construction time: 1925-1937
Inauguration: 1937
Location: 45 ° 45 '53.4 "  N , 21 ° 12' 22.5"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 45 '53.4 "  N , 21 ° 12' 22.5"  E
Address: Piața Avram Iancu
Timișoara
Timiș , Romania
Purpose: Romanian Orthodox Church
Diocese : Protopopiatul Timișoara I

The Assumption ( Romanian Biserica Înălțarea Domnului ) is a Romanian Orthodox church in Strada Cloşca 15 in the V district of Mehala of the western Romanian city ​​of Timişoara ( German  Timişoara ) and is located there on the Piața Avram Iancu .

history

In 1887 the Orthodox parish in this district separated into a Romanian Orthodox and a Serbian Orthodox denomination, and the Nicolaikirche was awarded to the Serbian Orthodox believers. The Romanian Orthodox believers built their own church on the Piața Avram Iancu in the neighborhood , but it had to be replaced after 25 years because it was in disrepair.

The cornerstone of the largest building in the Mehala, the Romanian Orthodox Church of the Assumption ( Biserica Inaltarea Domnului ) was laid at the same location on November 4, 1925 . The celebrations were King Ferdinand I of Romania , Queen Mary , Prince Carol and Princess Beatrice Ileana present. A document signed by the king was enclosed with the ceremony. The church, built according to the plans of the architect Victor Vlad , was consecrated on October 10, 1937 after a construction period of almost twelve years.

At that time the church consisted of about 4,000 families with about 10,000 believers.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexandru Cuțara: Timișoara - Temeswar, picture-art-monograph . Editura Amarcord, Timișoara 1998, ISBN 973-9244-35-1 , p. 120 .
  2. ↑ Prezentarea localității ( Memento from December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), 2010 (Romanian)
  3. ↑ mehala.de , Georg Grega: History of Mehala
  4. ↑ Protopopiatul Timișoara I ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), mitropolia-banatului.ro (Romanian)